Donald's Gold Mine

Donald's Gold Mine
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dick Lundy
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Clarence Nash
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	July 24, 1942 (1942-07-24) (U.S.)
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Donald's Gold Mine (or Donald's Golden Mine in some versions) is a 1942 Donald Duck short film by Walt Disney Productions.^[1]

While working as a gold miner, Donald Duck engages in a series of tit-for-tat attacks between himself and his donkey. Afterwards, Donald accidentally gets the head of his pickaxe stuck on him. In his attempts to dislodge it, Donald fortuitously uncovers a rich vein of gold. In his excitement, he tosses the nuggets up into the air, and they spook the donkey as they clatter to the ground. The donkey takes off, dragging the minecart, and Donald along with it, off to the entry chute of the nearby ore processor.

Donald is thrown into a fully automatic processing facility which grinds and pulverizes the mined rocks, separating the gold from them. While Donald avoids the worst predicaments through sheer luck, he gets comically washed, scrubbed, and shaken about. Eventually, he is tipped into a gold bar-making machine. The donkey, nervous about his owner's fate, follows his path to the machine's output conveyor belt. A gold bar emerges with Donald's hat on top, initially leading the donkey to believe that Donald has died. But shortly afterwards, the donkey laughs in delight when Donald emerges very much alive and well from the machine, encrusted in gold and thoroughly annoyed.

• Clarence Nash as Donald Duck and Donkey

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946.^[2]

• Donald's Gold Mine at IMDb